Deprecated on Feb 6, 2026. 11 providers still list it at the prices below.

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e InstructDeprecated

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Vision Tool use

Compare Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct Count tokens for Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct

Context

10.5M

Max output

328K

Serving providers

Cheapest input

$0.05 /1M

On-demand listed rates, OpenRouter routed quotes and Vercel reseller quotes. Enterprise commitments (committed-use discounts, provisioned throughput, negotiated rates) can be materially lower.

Benchmarks

independent evaluations · source: ARC Prize

Individual benchmarks · click a row for effort variants

Benchmark	Best score	Effort	Cost / task
ARC-AGI-2	0%	default	$0.0062

Pricing by serving provider

standard tier · per 1M tokens · click a provider to expand

Input pricing runs from $0.05 to $0.72 per 1M tokens across 11 providers, so the dearest route costs 1340% more than the cheapest for the same model.

Serving provider

Input /1M

Output /1M

Endpoints

Lambda AICheapest

$0.05

$0.10

Standardlambda_ai/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct

Component	Unit	Standard
Text input	/1M tok	$0.05
Text output	/1M tok	$0.10

Nscale

$0.09

$0.29

DeepInfra

$0.10

$0.30

Groq

$0.11

$0.34

Wandb

$0.17

$0.66

Novita

$0.18

$0.59

Together AI

$0.18

$0.59

Azure

$0.20

$0.78

OCI is dearest at $0.72 / $0.72

Price history

listed seller prices, input and output per 1M tokens

Input Output

Input down 44% since first tracked

Cost calculator

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Input tokens / call

Output tokens / call

Calls / month

Serving provider

$18

estimated / month

Model IDs

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lambda_ai/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instructnscale/meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instructdeepinfra/meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instructgroq/meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instructwandb/meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instructtogether_ai/meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instructnovita/meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instructazure_ai/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instructcloudflare/@cf/meta/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instructsambanova/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instructoci/meta.llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct

Frequently asked questions

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct pricing, context and availability

Is Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct still available?

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct was deprecated on 2026-02-06, but 11 serving providers still list it.

How much does Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct cost?

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct costs $0.05 per 1M input tokens from Lambda AI, and $0.10 per 1M output tokens from Lambda AI. Across 11 serving providers, input prices range from $0.05 to $0.72 per 1M tokens.

What is the context window of Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct?

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct accepts up to 10.5M tokens of context and can return up to 328K output tokens.

Which providers serve Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct?

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct is available from 11 serving providers, each with its own pricing and model ID. Lambda AI is currently the cheapest.

What can Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct do?

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct supports image input (vision) and tool use.

Other Meta models

compare pricing across the Meta lineup

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct$0.12/1M · 18 providers Llama 3.1 8B Instruct$0.02/1M · 17 providers Llama 3.1 70B Instruct$0.12/1M · 12 providers Llama 3.2 3B Instruct$0.015/1M · 11 providers Llama 3.1 405B Instruct$0.12/1M · 9 providers Llama 3 70B Instruct$0.12/1M · 9 providers Llama 3.2 1B Instruct$0.02/1M · 8 providers Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct$0.015/1M · 7 providers

Listed prices from LiteLLM, OpenRouter and Vercel · last checked Oct 14, 2026

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